Points to an urgent need for professionalisation Decreases in the number of clean audits, high levels of irregular expenditure and deterioration in the financial health of municipalities are only a few of the matters reported by the Auditor-General that point to the need for urgent attention in municipal finance management. READ ARTICLE
Nadine Thomas, the CFO of Brand South Africa that was established in 2002 to help create a positive and compelling brand image for the country, says working for the public good is immensely rewarding. Nadine is also the chairperson of the SAICA Gauteng Public Sector Committee. READ ARTICLE
Musa Ndlovu’s story is an inspiring one. It’s the full-circle story of a newly qualified chartered accountant (CA(SA), who relocated just weeks ago to pursue an exciting career opportunity. Rewinding the hands of time, he was also the recipient of the SAICA’s Thuthuka Bursary Fund after his successful participation in the South African Maths Olympiad…
Have you ever opened a company’s website and read for a few seconds, then wondered, ‘What do these people actually do?’ Workplace jargon is everywhere. We hear it every day and we probably use it every day. But we tend to forget that we’ve each built up subject matter expertise in our own areas of…
The temptation is to jump to the conclusion that South African business is fraught with malfeasance, but thisanalysis seeks to illustrate that while there has no doubt been unethical behaviour, the majority of failures have been through a combination of bad luck, tough conditions, one-off unanticipated events and poor judgement. READ ARTICLE
The SAICA Board has agreed to a request from the Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, and the Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, for SAICA to assist Government with the restructuring of its Eskom business through the establishment of the office of the Chief Restructuring Officer. SAICA will put together a team of specialists lead…
The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest, known as the lungs of the planet for its role in absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen. The billions of trees hold a vast amount of carbon, accumulated over hundreds and even thousands of years. The leaves absorb a huge quantity of carbon dioxide and put oxygen back…
Every day, Côte d’Ivoire’s economic capital of Abidjan produces 288 tonnes of plastic waste, most of which ends up in landfills in low-income communities like Gonzagueville, polluting the air, land, sea and children’s playgrounds. Only about 5% is recycled, mostly informally by women who take it from landfills and sell it at very low prices.…
For the newly appointed CEO of PwC, Shirley Machaba, building a leadership legacy driven by her own values and those of the firm will be her most significant achievement. There’s a clear divide in South Africa between businesses that are committed to gender equity and those that aren’t. According to Grant Thornton’s recent International Business…
Editorial The Power Within Us The need for good and ethical leaders has never been greater than now. Locally and internationally, there’s a leadership crisis. No two leaders are the same, as they manage and lead in different ways, but at the forefront of your mind as a leader should always be how your leadership…